Desiland Podcast
1) #13 - Currying Votes Part 4: Doing Politics Differently with Ujjal Dosanjh and Adrienne Batra
The fourth and final instalment in this mini-series features two prominent Sikh-Canadians with critical views on how politicians curry votes: Former Premier (Governor) of British Columbia and federal ...Show More
2) #12 - Currying Votes Part 3: The Khalistan Argument with Jatinder Singh Grewal
With days before Canada's federal election, Niru completes her four-part Currying Votes series with two new episodes on the Khalistan movement in Canada and how Canadian politicians of all stripes cou...Show More
#12 - Currying Votes Part 3: The Khalistan Argument with Jatinder Singh Grewal
1:19:51 | Sep 17th, 2021
3) #11 - India's Healthcare Crisis: From Palo Alto to Delhi with Rohit and Kanika Mediratta
While most Indians around the world watch in horror, worried for their families and friends, one Bay-area couple decided to do take action. Rohit and Kanika Mediratta co-founded CovidReliefIndia.com, ...Show More
4) #10 - India's Healthcare Crisis: Cracks in the System with Dr. Samir Gupta
Thank you for subscribing and tuning in to Desiland as we return from a hiatus for two important episodes on India's healthcare crisis. In this first conversation, Niru speaks with Toronto-based respi...Show More
#10 - India's Healthcare Crisis: Cracks in the System with Dr. Samir Gupta
34:05 | Jul 15th, 2021
5) #9 - Pandemic Politics and The Mayor of Desiland, Ontario with Patrick Brown and Gurpreet Malhotra
There is no sugarcoating it: Canada's unofficial Desi capital, the city of Brampton in the province of Ontario, is a COVID-19 hotspot. But why? Questionable theories abound, and Niru explores a compli...Show More
6) #8 - 'Twas the Night Before Diwali with Zenia Wadhwani
On the eve of Diwali 2020, Niru speaks with fellow Torontonian and author Zenia Wadhwani, whose new children's book, 'Twas the Night Before Diwali, introduces us to the Mithai Monster who gobbles up p...Show More
7) #7 - India Manages the Pandemic with Dr. Prabhat Jha and Arnob Bal
On another socially-distanced remote edition of Desiland, Niru explores how India has managed the COVID-19 pandemic and why data suggested the crisis began on a positive note. As India closes in on ha...Show More
8) #6 - Love in the Time of Corona with Gurpreet Gill
Niru offers a unique perspective on the COVID-19 pandemic from Gurpreet Gill, a Colorado woman whose controversial poem on the crisis, "What if...", recently went viral on Facebook. Gill, who describe...Show More
9) #5 - We Ain't Terrorists with Ali Hassan and Dave Merheje
Niru pays tribute to a provocative post-9/11-themed comedy tour called We Ain't Terrorists that recently ended a decade-long run touring Canada. She chats with comedians Ali Hassan and Dave Merheje ab...Show More
10) #4 - Branding Desis with Bobby Umar
After a summer break and vacation with the kids, Niru is back and looking inward on the subject of Branding Desis; stereotypes, assimilation and the brown glass ceiling, with motivational speaker Bobb...Show More